File:TrainAndPlatformDiagram1.svg
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Spacetime diagram of the train-and-platform thought experiment. The gray lines represent the front and back ends of the train and the red lines represent the paths of two light rays. This diagram illustrates the scenario from the reference frame of an observer onboard the train. Compare <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TrainAndPlatformDiagram2.svg" title="File:TrainAndPlatformDiagram2.svg">Image:TrainAndPlatformDiagram2.svg</a>.
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| current | 18:00, 15 January 2017 | | 598 × 401 (5 KB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | Spacetime diagram of the train-and-platform thought experiment. The gray lines represent the front and back ends of the train and the red lines represent the paths of two light rays. This diagram illustrates the scenario from the reference frame of an observer onboard the train. Compare <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TrainAndPlatformDiagram2.svg" title="File:TrainAndPlatformDiagram2.svg">Image:TrainAndPlatformDiagram2.svg</a>. |
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